so what about if you want to refer to a 14 year old black kid, is it then okay to use the word boy?

you guys have complicated rules.

It depends how you use it. "Its nice to meet you, boy" is insulting no matter who you are saying it to, whereas "Boy is it nice to meet you." is not insulting to anyone. Basically you should never use the first form with anyone.

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It depends how you use it. "Its nice to meet you, boy" is insulting no matter who you are saying it to, whereas "Boy is it nice to meet you." is not insulting to anyone. Basically you should never use the first form with anyone.

okay.

boy at front of the phrase is okay, not at the end. ;-)

im a bit veerd: when i like people i call them pall or buddy (in my own language) and when i dont like em i call them asshole or fuckface, regardless of their race.

JC, the problem with Sirc is that he doesn't use common sense when he starts his flamming insult rants:

Coming into a thread with the opener "everyone who has posted in this thread should experience the lose of a child" (and yes he did that) will get people angry and will increase his changes to a gong sau.
He could have used the opener "everyone who has posted in this thread will be so proud when their son brings home his boyfriend".

You see the difference, one will be a ticket for gong sau, the other is comical releave. Both are insults.

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im a bit veerd: when i like people i call them pall or buddy (in my own language) and when i dont like em i call them asshole or fuckface, regardless of their race.

its much easier.

Yes, but "boy" has a much more racial connotation here in the US. Using it anywhere in the sentence with that racial overtone is just like using the word "******". It is still used heavily in the south by rednecks.

JC, the problem with Sirc is that he doesn't use common sense when he starts his flamming insult rants:

Coming into a thread with the opener "everyone who has posted in this thread should experience the lose of a child" (and yes he did that) will get people angry and will increase his changes to a gong sau.
He could have used the opener "everyone who has posted in this thread will be so proud when their son brings home his boyfriend".

You see the difference, one will be a ticket for gong sau, the other is comical releave. Both are insults.

Actually, you're full of ****, because both of those just offend different people. (version 1 being people that have knee-jerk reactions to child harm in jest, generally those who had kids too early and have to over protect them to makeup for their own lost lives, and version B offends homosexuals and parents of homosexuals, AND homophobics)

You just happen to find one funny and not the other, but you aren't everybody. That's the whole point.

yes, I do think the rules are the rules and not some phantom set of second rules.

Hence calling them "the rules" and all.

hey, Johnny... check out rule number one.
No, really. If we're being obtuse and adhering slavishly to the mighty rules

So do you get it now? Here's the "Golden Rule" of Bullshido:Rule #1: Don't be an Asshole.

Do you not consider someone using the 'n' word to be covered by the whole "Asshole" clause?

See we make this big point of being pro free speech and minimal rules. If we didn't do that, it wouldn't be a big thing, because we wouldn't be trying to have it both ways: "It's a "no hold's barred, pro free speech site, but we'll ban you for x, even though we did all we could to not actually write down a rule against x""

is a poor stance to me.

I think the rules are open to interpretation... while there's no " don't call someone n****r" rule, that comes under the 'asshole' rule... so it's up to the mods and the staff to make the call.
You're a mod... you're defending Sirc's right to throw the word around.
There's a real mixed message there.

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